[KMDG-L] Call for papers for WLIC Singapore 2013: IFLA Knowledge Management Section

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Call for papers for Knowledge Management Open Session

WLIC, Singapore, August 2013

IFLA Knowledge Management (KM) Section provides an international platform
for professional communication and understanding of the significance of KM
for libraries. It gives a voice to KM on a global scale and follows the
developments in KM, promoting its practical implementation within the global
library community.

The 2013 WLIC Conference 

The annual IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) provides an
opportunity to present innovative models, case studies and
research.  Delegates and speakers from all parts of the world come together
to discuss new developments and successful practice in libraries. The
conference motto for the 2013 Conference in Singapore is: "Future Libraries:
Infinite Possibilities"

The IFLA Knowledge Management Section invites librarians and knowledge
managers to submit proposals for papers in a 2-hour session at WLIC
Singapore, 17-23 August 2013.

The IFLA Knowledge Management Section invites librarians, informationist,
and knowledge managers and professionals to submit proposals for papers in a
2-hour session at WLIC Singapore, 17-23 August 2013.

The KM Conference Programme

"Open Access (OA) in the context of full lifecycle of Knowledge Management"
is the KM Section’s theme for its 2013 Open Programme during the
conference.  Singapore provides a very multicultural context and thus the
perfect place for exchanging and sharing ideas about infinite possibilities
of KM.

We are looking for speakers who can highlight use of KM, from a global and
theoretical perspective but also with a practical aspect.  The focus should
be on Open Access movement in the intersection of both KM theory and
practice in the context of KM lifecycle: knowledge creation, organization,
dissemination and preservation. We would like to give special focus to best
practice in the Asia Pacific region.

The sub-themes are:

 

-         The 21st century KM trends and opportunities for OA

-         Knowledge creation and knowledge sharing across boundaries of
language, culture and technology

-         Innovative use of open technology to support knowledge
sharing, team-based research and e-learning

-         Case studies in application of Knowledge Management tools that
support the success of OA in library and other information services settings

-         Offering efficient and user-friendly services based on KM and OA
principles

-         Advocacy and coordination OA in the full lifecycle of KM

-         Achieving KM competencies, and OA awareness beyond the profession
through empowering librarians and other information professionals

-         Promoting OA in cooperating with international organizations, and
knowledge founders, knowledge producers and knowledge communicators 

 

Important Dates and Timelines

Submission: 

Please send an abstract of approximately 500 words, in English, no later
than February 15, 2013 to: Agnes Hajdu Barat, Programme Chair (hajdu@jgypk.u-
szeged.hu). Both abstracts and full papers should be submitted as a MS Word
file by e-mail.  The abstracts will be reviewed by Programme Committee
members of the Knowledge Management Section.

Please also attach curriculum vitae of the author(s), contact details,
professional affiliation(s), and a brief statement on their career(s). Also,
a digital photograph(s) would be useful.

Proposed papers must be original and not have been published elsewhere.  
Please attach a declaration about originality of the proposed paper and
verify that it has not been published anywhere.

Selection:

Successful applicants will be notified by March 15, 2013.

The selected presenters for the program at the Singapore conference will be
asked to submit a formal paper (for inclusion on the IFLA conference
website) no later than May 1, 2013. Papers can be submitted in one of the
official IFLA working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German,
Russian, Spanish.  Papers should be submitted with a one-page abstract in
English. Papers should not be longer than 20 pages.  Papers must be original
and not have been published elsewhere.  Selected papers may be nominated by
the Section for inclusion in an IFLA publication.

Presentation at the Conference:

A maximum of 20 minutes will be allowed for the presentation of each paper
during the Section's session in Singapore. Please note, although every
effort will be made to provide simultaneous interpretation into other IFLA
languages, interpretation may not be available. Therefore presenters are
encouraged to use a PowerPoint in English to facilitate understanding of the
ideas presented.  The PowerPoint for the presentation should be submitted to
the Program Chair by July 1, 2013.

At least one of the authors of the paper must present the paper. Please send
a promissory note with your signature verifying intent to attend the IFLA
Conference in Singapore to the Program Chair.

Unfortunately, the Programme Committee has no funds to assist prospective
authors: abstracts should only be submitted on the understanding that the
expenses of attending the IFLA conference (including travel, expenses and
conference fee) will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of
accepted papers. 

Please note that in accordance with IFLA’s Open Access Statement all
papers that are presented at the WLIC 2013 should be available under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

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Prof.dr.Ágnes Hajdu Barát

Chair of KM OS Program Committee in Singapore

Institute of Adult Education

University of Szeged Gyula Juhász Faculty of Education

(SZTE JGYPK)

Address: Szeged, Szilléri sgt. 12. 6723 HUNGARY

Telephone/fax: ++36 62 474 255

Private:

Szeged, Baktói u. 97. 6728 HUNGARY

Telephone: ++36 62 474 643

E-mail: hajdu@jgypk.u-szeged.hu

http://www.jgypk.u-szeged.hu/tanszek/konyvtud.htm

 

[KMDG-L] Next ISKO UK afternoon event "The power of social media to support knowlege sharing"

Tuesday 19th March 2013, 14.00 – 18.00, at the British Dental Association, 64 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8YS.

Dear Colleagues,
How do you view the rising tide of social media - a threatening flood of trivia, or an opportunity for knowledge to be shared more imaginatively than ever before? Either way, there's a chance to get on top of the flow at our next afternoon meeting.

In most organizations there is a desire to develop more effective knowledge sharing and a culture of collaboration, but little recognition of what this means in terms of staff development and overcoming barriers to change. The enormous growth of social media tools and social/professional networks over the past few years has created new opportunities and new challenges for people and organizations that want to embrace this dynamic world of social interaction and fluid knowledge flows. However, it is not widely recognized that collaboration and knowledge sharing are skills and practices that rarely get taught

Participation in social media is something we may learn on the job in a hit or miss fashion. Some people are natural at it. Others struggle to understand it.At the next ISKO UK afternoon meeting "The power of social media to support knowledge sharing", the first sessionexplores social media tools and social networks, and their context for peer engagement and knowledge sharing, and the Internet as an evolving ecology. Speakers are David Briggs of Kind of Digital, and Richard Hare of Flare Consulting.In the second session, Steve Dale of Colabor8now and Virginia Henry of UnLtd (The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs) will describe new roles and skills, and overcoming barriers to knowledge sharing and building a culture of trust.The afternoon will end with a Panel Q&A session followed by wine and nibbles.

You will find the programme and other details of the event, and can register until March 14^th via the ISKO site http://www.iskouk.org/events/social_networking_March2013.htm. The event is *free* to ISKO members and to full-time students.

The fee for non-members is just *£40*. All fees must be paid in advance - there is no provision for payment on arrival. Registration opens at *1.30* and we shall start promptly at 2 p.m. Please pass this invitation on to any colleagues who may be interested.

Our AGM precedes the meeting at 1pm; Members are urged to attend and non-member observers are welcome

ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm) as well as its very successful second biennial conference (http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm) last year. Its third conference is planned for July 2013 on the general theme of "Knowledge organization – pushing the boundaries" http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/.

This event is proving popular and we hope you will join us

ISKO UK publicity
http://wwwiskouk.org
https://twitter.com/#!/ISKOUK <https://twitter.com/#%21/ISKOUK>

[KMDG-L] Call for Papers - Knowledge Management in practice: methods and tools

It's time again! Please submit your articles for the new issue of the Open Journal of Knowledge Management. This issue's keynote:

Knowledge Management in practice: methods and tools

Which methods or tools do you use to exchange knowledge with people in your organisation or with your customers? Share your experience and tell us about of the methods and tools! When is a knowledge management tool not useful? What is your recommendation to organisations that intend to implement one of the presented methods or tools?

What are the methods or tools organisations should use? How is it beneficial to organisations to use your preferred method compared to other established methods? Please note that the submitted articles should provide value to the audience. Promotional articles do not meet our strict quality standards and are not accepted.

We look forward to your submissions!

Why submit a paper?

• set standards for future developments in knowledge management
• reach plenty of knowledge workers from economy and research
• improve the online visibility of your papers through C-o-K ranking
• get professional feedback by jury and community
• citable publication (ISSN 2190-829X), listed in the catalog of German National Library

Jury

to be announced

Requirements for participation

• coverage: 6 pages maximum (without list of references), approx. 12000 characters (including spaces)
• the articles must be submitted by March 31, 2013 to info@community-of-knowledge.de, file format:   DOC/RTF, language: English or German
• articles are published on www.community-of-knowledge.de under the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (german version).
• as possible acadamic style (quality, list of references), no advertisement

About the online journal of the Community of Knowledge

The online journal of the Community of Knowledge publishes articles of the knowledge management community in German and English on several main topics. The online journal is available online as an open access issue and as print version on selected events.

Contact us

Further Information about the Call for Papers is available at: http://www.community-of-knowledge.de/en/call-for-papers/

[KMDG-L] FINAL CFP: Classification and Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge - The Hague, 24-25 October 2013

==== FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ====

CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION: INTERFACES TO KNOWLEDGE
International UDC Seminar 2013

VENUE: The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands
DATE: 24-25 October 2013
WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/
CONTACT: seminar2013@udcc.org

We invite overviews, illustrations and analysis of approaches to and models of
the visualization of knowledge that can help advance the application of
documentary and bibliographic classifications in information and knowledge
discovery.
Paper proposals should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract
(1000-1200 words including references for papers and 500-600 words for posters).

To read more about invited topics visit the conference website:
http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/

Important dates
15 Jan 2013 - Paper proposal submission deadline
15 Feb 2013 - Notification of acceptance
15 Apr 2013 - Paper submission

ORGANIZER: Classification& Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a
series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC) and
hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands).

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Dr Aida Slavic
Editor-in-Chief, UDC
UDC Consortium
The Hague, The Netherlands

[KMDG-L] UNESCO Releases "Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access" and "Guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher education"

Swan, Alma (2012). Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access. UNESCO, Paris, 2012. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215863e.pdf

UNESCO issued this publication to demystify the concept of Open Access (OA) and to provide concrete steps on putting relevant policies in place. Building capacities in Member States for Open Access is a necessary but not sufficient condition for promotion of the concept. Creating an enabling policy environment for OA is therefore a priority.
This publication will serve the needs of OA policy development at the government, institutional and funding agency level. The overall objective of the Policy Guidelines is to promote Open Access in Member States by facilitating understanding of all relevant issues related to Open Access.
The guidelines are not prescriptive in nature, but are suggestive to facilitate knowledge-based decision-making to adopt OA policies and strengthen national research systems.
Written by Dr. Alma Swan, an eminent expert in the field of Open Access, the draft went through an open consultation and peer review at the Open Access Community in the WSIS Knowledge Communities.
The Policy Guidelines can be used by individuals as a basic text on Open Access and related policies. The publication will be useful to both the beginners as well as experienced in the world of Open Access, and will assist the decision-makers, administrators and research managers to focus on OA policy development.

Also interesting:
UNESCO and COL (2011). Guidelines for open educational resources (OER) in higher education. UNESCO, Paris, 2011. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002136/213605e.pdf
Butcher, Neil; Kanwar, Asha; Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka (2011). A Basic guide to open educational resources (OER). UNESCO, Paris, 2011. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002158/215804e.pdf

[KMDG-L] CFP: Classification and Visualization: Interfaces to Knowledge - The Hague, 24-25 October 2013

==== 3rd CALL FOR PAPERS ====

CLASSIFICATION AND VISUALIZATION: INTERFACES TO KNOWLEDGE
International UDC Seminar 2013

VENUE: The Hague, National Library of the Netherlands
DATE: 24-25 October 2013
WEBSITE: http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/
CONTACT: seminar2013@udcc.org

We invite overviews, illustrations and analysis of approaches to and models of
the visualization of knowledge that can help advance the application of
documentary and bibliographic classifications in information and knowledge
discovery.
Paper proposals should be submitted in the form of an extended abstract
(1000-1200 words including references for papers and 500-600 words for posters).

To read more about invited topics visit the conference website:
http://seminar.udcc.org/2013/

Important dates
15 Jan 2013 - Paper proposal submission deadline
15 Feb 2013 - Notification of acceptance
15 Apr 2013 - Paper submission

ORGANIZER: Classification& Visualization is the fourth biennial conference in a
series of International UDC Seminars organized by the UDC Consortium (UDCC) and
hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of Netherlands).

---
Dr Aida Slavic
Editor-in-Chief, UDC
UDC Consortium
The Hague, The Netherlands